This essay reflects on a particular manner in which modernisation have taken place in the Balkans in modern history, from the 1878 Berlin Congress onwards. The Balkan countries faced twofold difficulties in their development: they had to overcome their backwardness stemming from the centuries of the Ottoman yoke and catch up with modern Western Europe, and resolve their numerous mutual territorial and political disputes. The latter task was especially difficult due to the constant interference in Balkan affairs on the part of Great Powers. This interference further aggravated nationalistic tensions between the Balkan states. The peculiar mixture of modernisation efforts and nationalism remains to this day when the entire region strives to join the European Union.
Keywords:
modernisation / nationalism / Balkans / Serbia / Yugoslavia / Europe
Source:
Balcanica, 2014, XLV, 443-451
Publisher:
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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AU - Nikiforov, Konstantin V.
PY - 2014
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AB - This essay reflects on a particular manner in which modernisation have taken place in the Balkans in modern history, from the 1878 Berlin Congress onwards. The Balkan countries faced twofold difficulties in their development: they had to overcome their backwardness stemming from the centuries of the Ottoman yoke and catch up with modern Western Europe, and resolve their numerous mutual territorial and political disputes. The latter task was especially difficult due to the constant interference in Balkan affairs on the part of Great Powers. This interference further aggravated nationalistic tensions between the Balkan states. The peculiar mixture of modernisation efforts and nationalism remains to this day when the entire region strives to join the European Union.
PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - Modernization Mixed with Nationalism
SP - 443
EP - 451
IS - XLV
DO - 10.2298/BALC1445443N
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5709
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Nikiforov, K. V.. (2014). Modernization Mixed with Nationalism. in Balcanica
Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XLV), 443-451.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1445443N
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5709
Nikiforov KV. Modernization Mixed with Nationalism. in Balcanica. 2014;(XLV):443-451.
doi:10.2298/BALC1445443N
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5709 .
Nikiforov, Konstantin V., "Modernization Mixed with Nationalism" in Balcanica, no. XLV (2014):443-451,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1445443N .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_5709 .
